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	<div id="main"><h2>Reviews (with album scans!)</h2>
	<span class="postdate">(Posted 2009-02-27)</span>
	<br><br>When KDIC adds a new album to the library, it gets a little sticky note with a brief review. Here's what our format managers had to say about some of the ones currently on rotation:<br><br><br>

<h3>The Hunches - Exit Dreams</h3>
"Good true Garage Rock. This album alternates between the dirtiest, low-fi guitar riffs and really great melodic hooks. They sound like if the Pixies were really drunk and in a basement. One of the better albums I've heard this year. High rotation. Recommended: all. 1, 2, 5, 9, 11. - Asa"
<br><br><img src="http://kdic.grinnell.edu/reviews/008.png"><br><br><br>

<h3>The Bird and The Bee - Ray Guns are not Just the Future</h3>
"Pleasant and ultimately pointless pop music. Soft, inoffensive, and enjoyable without any bite or edge to distract the listener. Synthy, with a few hooks here and there. Good, a bit on the forgettable side. Medium rotation. 2, 10, and 14 are fun... 10 especially. Clean. A little self-deprecating."
<br><br><img src="http://kdic.grinnell.edu/reviews/007.png"><br><br><br>

<h3>Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You</h3>
"Lilly Allen's 2nd album is a lot of fun. It's a big step - she's dropped the dub and ska elements in favor of a crisp electro-pop sound, courtesy of The Bird and The Bee keys guy. Some major missteps, but when it works, it really works. 1, 2, and 12 rule. Avoid 8! Heavy rotation, FCC clean."
<br><br><img src="http://kdic.grinnell.edu/reviews/006.png"><br><br><br>

<h3>High Places - High Places</h3>
"Debut release from High Places. They recently played in Gardner and put on a good show. Electronic music with some nice world and Caribbean influence. The airy female vocals are nice and they feel like they come from underwater. Pitchfork <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/145840-high-places-high-places">seemed to love these guys</a>, if you're into that sort of thing. Definitely fit in well with the whole Brooklyn, electronica, off-beat No-Age thing. Overall, a pleasant record for lying in bed and thinking about stuff. Medium. Recommended: 3, 6, 7. - Asa"
<br><br><img src="http://kdic.grinnell.edu/reviews/005.png"><br><br><br>

<span class="postdate">(Posted 2009-01-21)</span>
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<h3>The Subways - All Or Nothing</h3>
"This album sounds like a throwback to mid to late 90's post-grunge alt. rock. It's refreshing that they don't sound like all the other indie-rock bands coming out of England, but ultimately there just isn't really much there. I can't imagine listening to this album more than once. At its best they sound a bit like Oasis, but at its worst they sound like Avril Lavigne. So, ya know, not really worth it. Recommended tracks: 1, 2, 4."<br><br><img src="http://kdic.grinnell.edu/reviews/004.png"><br><br><br>

<h3>Keane - Perfect Symmetry</h3>
"Keane claim to have reinvented their sound; I would not go that far, but there are certainly a few subtle surprises on 'Perfect Symmetry.' Synths rule here (but do the same thing as piano previously) and provide a sweet, full, lush sound to counterpoint the voice and lyrics. I recommend 1, 2, and 5 to start. FCC clean and heavy."<br><br><img src="http://kdic.grinnell.edu/reviews/003.png"><br><br><br>

<h3>Flobots - Fight With Tools</h3> 
"Tasty mix of alternative rock instrumentals (with melodic viola lines/accompaniment) with highly socially charged rapping, advocating a leftist, revolutionary stance. The soundtrack to urban guerrilla warfare against The Man. Bring on the Che Guevara t-shirts... best tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11. Cussin' on 2, 4, 8, 9."
<br><br><img src="http://kdic.grinnell.edu/reviews/002.png"><br><br><br>

<h3>28 Degrees Taurus - How Do You Like Your Love?</h3>
"When the music hit, I thought, 'Oh god this is gonna be great!' But then came the godawful faux-harmony vocals and the fu*king dreadful lyrics. If the best track in the midalbum instrumental, there be problems. But hey, that one's pretty good. 6, or is it 7? Light, with some cussin'."
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